drudgery
英 [ˈdrʌdʒəri]
美 [ˈdrʌdʒəri]
n. 单调乏味的苦差事; 繁重无聊的工作
复数：drudgeries
BNC.19455 / COCA.20108
牛津词典
noun
- 单调乏味的苦差事；繁重无聊的工作
hard boring work
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 单调乏味的苦差事;无聊的工作
You usedrudgeryto refer to jobs and tasks which are boring or unpleasant but which must be done.- People want to get away from the drudgery of their everyday lives.
人们想摆脱日常生活中单调乏味的工作。
- People want to get away from the drudgery of their everyday lives.
英英释义
noun
- hard monotonous routine work
双语例句
- Why do humans choose to live off of one another enslaving others to drudgery so that one can be "privileged"?
为什么人类选择了依靠彼此奴役他人做苦工而使某些人成为特权者来生活？ - The authors offer useful tips to take the drudgery out of eating and living right.
本书提供的有用建议使得遵循正确的饮食和生活之道不再是件苦差事。 - Washing machines take the drudgery out of laundry.
洗衣机把洗衣工作带出了洗衣房。 - Automating processes can remove unnecessary drudgery, but should never be a way of escaping due diligence.
自动备份过程能够去除不必要的枯燥工作，但是不应因此而变得懒惰。 - It has also substantially reduced both our own drudgery and our dependence on that of others.
它还明显减少了我们自己的繁琐劳动，以及我们对其他人劳动的依赖。 - He was facing a life of toil and drudgery and vexation.
摆在他面前的是终身的苦役和折磨。 - People want to get away from the drudgery of their everyday lives.
人们想摆脱日常生活中单调乏味的工作。 - The bad news is that it will probably not be able to free my colleagues or me entirely from the drudgery of working for a living.
坏消息是它无法将我和我的同行们从努力工作以求生计的苦海中解脱出来。 - A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting.
老板使工作枯燥，领袖使工作有趣。 - Are you in love with this drudgery?
你这么喜欢这份苦差事吗？